Peach Picking + Easy Homemade Peach Ice Cream

We took the kiddos peach picking for the first time (one of our summer fun list activities) and had so much fun! Douglas Farm could not have been more charming, and the trees were FILLED with sweet, juicy peaches— many low enough for the kids to pick on their own. 40 lbs of fruit later, plus some corn, eggplant, and peppers (all grown on the farm) and we were on our way home, dreaming of all the tasty peach treats we would soon enjoy! See recipe for the easiest, tastiest homemade peach ice cream below!!!

Someone kept sneaking off to steal bites of peaches while we picked! That mischievous twinkle in his eye— it’s probably not a good thing we find it so endearing!
(Sorry, Douglas Farm! He only got a few, and thankfully they were from the ground.)

I’m so glad my mom could join us, as I have warm, fuzzy memories of picking peaches and making peach ice cream together when I was little.

I can still close my eyes and taste the homemade peach ice cream my mom made during the summers of my childhood. I remember standing next to the hand crank ice cream maker, barely able to contain my excitement for that first creamy, sweet bite. This ice cream is the tastiest summer treat!

It turns out my mom didn’t always use the same recipe back then, but she remembered the ingredients. After a little internet searching we came across this recipe, added a little more peach, and it tasted exactly like the ice cream my mom used to make.

Easy Homemade Peach Ice Cream

Ingredients:

• 3 large peaches, peeled, pitted, and sliced into quarters
• 1 1/4 C whole milk
• 1 C heavy whipping cream
• 2/3 C sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• pinch of salt

Directions:

1. Place pealed, pitted, quartered peaches into a food processor or blender and pulse until desired consistency. Our puree still had a few small peach chunks in it. YUM!
2. In a medium bowl whisk the sugar, salt, whole milk, and vanilla until the sugar dissolves.
3. Add the whipping cream and stir again until everything is incorporated
4. Stir in the peach puree/chunks
5. Add the mixture to your ice cream maker and turn it on. Each ice cream maker works differently, so follow the manufacturers directions for the time you let it churn. Once the ice cream maker is done, pop the ice cream into the freezer to allow it to continue hardening for 1 to 2 hours. We serve our peach ice cream just a tad on the soft side– absolutely heavenly!

Love peaches as much as we do? Check out our recipe for Peachy Keen Breakfast Popsicles!

What are your favorite homemade ice cream flavors? Please share in the comments!